63 courses with the subject PEDU, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
PEDU 000(0-2-0) Swimming
An introduction to the fundamentals of swimming designed for students scoring below the minimum on the swimming classification test to assist them in developing the prerequisite skills necessary to enroll in PEDU 201 - Swimming II (required of all Physical Education majors).
Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 This course is designed to teach the foundations of Yoga through exploring key postures, breathing techniques, and important yoga philosophies. We will learn how the practice of yoga can enhance awareness and improve wellness for all aspects of one's self- physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. We will learn how to cultivate a daily yoga and meditation practice, and how to live a yogic lifestyle.
Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 0 An introductory course in the fundamentals of swimming, with instruction provided at the beginning swimmers level of the Red Cross Program.
Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 0 A course for beginning dancers, emphasizing movement as a medium of expression in the development of dance technique, locomotor skills, and creativity.
Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 0 This course is designed to teach students the fundamental skills and strategies of soccer. The students will understand and become familiar with the rules and regulations, consequently enhancing self-confidence and satisfaction in teaching and participating in soccer.
Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 0 The study and practice of the fundamentals of softball, including rules, playing strategies, team offense and defense, and techniques of base running, catching, throwing, and batting.
PEDU 111Resistance Training and Sculpting for Women1
Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 0 This class will focus on the basics of weightlifting. Topics covered will include: toning vs. building, theory of program design, training with dumbbells, selectorized equipment, free weight exercises for all muscle groups, flexibility, and proper nutrition for weight training. This course is designed for all self-identified women.
Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 0 Shallow water aqua-aerobics is a complete exercise program for people of all ages who want to be healthy, active, and fit. The emphasis in this course in non-swimming water exercises designed to improve flexibility, strength and cardiovascular endurance.
Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 0 A practical study of the fundamentals of basketball, including the rules and historical development of the game, techniques of passing, dribbling, shooting, and conditioning, playing strategies, and team offense and defense.
Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 0 This course introduces the beginner to the basic skills of racquetball, including scoreboard and backhand drives, grips, footwork, and serves. Safety considerations as well as rules and terminology are covered. Basic strategy is presented involving the return of service, use of ceiling and rear wall, and passing and kill shots. The course prepares the beginner for play in singles, doubles, and cutthroat.
Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 0 A course for physical education majors who already swim, emphasizing the following skills: a fully- coordinated crawl stroke, back stroke, open turn, treading water, surface turns, underwater swimming, back float, and standing front dive. (For physical education majors).
PEDU 202Individual and Dual Lifetime Physical Activities2
Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 0 A practical introduction to the individual and dual lifetime physical activity with emphasis on the knowledge base of each activity/sport, teaching techniques and methods, strategies, mechanical analyses, and skill development.
PEDU 204Methods and Materials in Individual and Dual Sports3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A practical introduction to the individual and dual sports of tennis, golf, badminton, archery, camping, and recreating sports with emphasis on the knowledge base of each sport, the methods and techniques of teaching each, playing strategies, mechanical analyses, and skill development.
Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 Students will learn the fundamental skills for game performance; history, rules, and game strategy for net/ wall and field/ striking games.
Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 0 A practical introduction to team sports and physical activity with emphasis on the knowledge base of each activity/sport, teaching techniques and methods, strategies, mechanical analyses, and skill development.
Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 A course in the development of physical coordination, strength, and related teaching techniques through practice sessions on the trampoline, parallel bars, side horse, and mats.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A course in team sports, focusing on the development of sport skills in track and field, flag/ touch football, volleyball, soccer, basketball, and softball. This course includes the learning of methods and techniques for the acquisition and retention of neuromuscular skills.
Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 Students will learn the fundamental skills for game performance; history, rules, and game strategy for target and invasion games.
PEDU 220Rhythms and Movement Concepts for Physical Education2
Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 0 A practical study of the rhythmic structures of dance movements and their promotion of motor skill development. The course will also explore the development of physical coordination, strength, and related teaching techniques of floor gymnastics.
Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 0 A practical course in physical education incorporating supervised experience in the development of teaching skills and leadership abilities appropriate to classroom settings, with emphasis on arranging equipment, organizing groups for skills practice, measuring and marking play areas, and selecting and administering skills tests.
A study of the physiological and psychological variables associated with motor performance and skill acquisition and Course Descriptions - 161 e retention, with special attention to theories and principles of psychomotor skills learning, research studies and relevant issues related to motor learning, and the role of physical movement in the acquisition of knowledge and skills in non- motor subject matter areas.
PEDU 311History and Principles of Physical Education, Exercise Science, and Sport3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An introduction to the philosophical, historical, biological, sociological, and psychological foundations of physical education and sports, sports curriculum development, and motor learning theories.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the musculature and bone structure of the human body and their relationship to physical movement, joint mechanisms, leverage, and muscle actions.
Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 0 An exploration of theories of basketball, with additional emphasis on organization and supervision of programs, motivation, evaluation, ethics, philosophy, planning, drills, and offensive and defensive skills.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An introduction to the theories and practices of teaching and coaching specific track events, with emphasis on research and performance techniques, track and field meet administration, and rules of the sport.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An advanced examination of the structure and function of the various systems of the human body as they relate to the clinical aspect of sports performance.
Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 0 An exploration of theories of football, with additional emphasis on organization and supervision of programs, motivation, evaluation, ethics, philosophy, planning, drills, and offensive and defensive skills. 932
PEDU 360Theory and Practice in Elementary Physical Education3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Students explore and learn to apply instructional methods in physical education settings, including environmental arrangements, task presentations, content development, and feedback. Students apply instructional principles to small peer group settings using open and closed motor skills. Requirements for each teaching episode include the development of a written lesson plan and submission of a written self- reflection on teaching. Students use technological skills to critique and evaluate their instructional methods.
Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the rules and mechanics for officiating at various seasonal sports, with practical experience in officiating at university intramural programs and in observing and evaluating officials in regularly scheduled contests.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A course to provide students with the knowledge and skills to save their own lives or the life of another in the event of an emergency. Major emphasis will be placed on personal safety, self-rescue, rescue training skills, and back injury problems. Instruction and participation in swimming for the development of advanced skills and techniques will include methods and materials for teaching all levels of swimming.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the physiological and psychological variables associated with motor performance and skill acquisition and retention, with special attention to theories and principles of psychomotor skills learning, research studies and relevant issues related to motor learning, and the role of physical movement in the acquisition of knowledge and skills in non-motor subject matter areas. 933
PEDU 411Organization and Administration of Health and Physical Education3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the organization and administration of programs in health and physical education, including such topics as philosophy, program planning, course evaluation, staffing, facilities and equipment management, athletic activities, budgeting and finance, and public relations.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of measurement and evaluation in health and physical education, including the selection and administration of appropriate tests and the use of fundamental statistical procedures to calculate and interpret results.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Introduction to Adapted Physical Education and Sport: Focuses on content knowledge foundational to adapted physical education, activity, and sport programs in self-contained and/or itinerant settings for children with moderate to severe disabilities. Students will gain and skills necessary to carry out an assessment, programming, and evaluation for individuals who are differently abled. Students will implement strategies to adapt and modify motor skills and physical activities to meet the unique individuals' needs of a person. In addition, instruction, equipment, and game modifications are introduced to promote inclusion in a physical education, physical activity, recreation and/or sport setting. Cross-level listed with PEDU 631 for Health and Physical Education MAT students. Field Experience Hours: 20 hours is required. 934
PEDU 440Measurement and Evaluation in Health and Physical Education3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of and an introduction to measurement and evaluation in health and physical education, including the selection and administration of appropriate tests and the use of fundamental statistical procedures to calculate and interpret results.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A course incorporating the analysis and practice of skills, the exercise of creative processes, and the acquisition of knowledge involved in modern dance. PEDU 450 (4-4-0) Physiology of Exercise and Kinesiology: This course explores the study of the musculature and bone structure of the human body and their relationship to physical movement, joint mechanisms, leverages and muscle action. This course will also emphasize the physiological effect of exercise on the various body systems with emphasis on the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and respiratory systems. The use of laboratory techniques in monitoring physiological parameters will also be visited. Prerequisite: Instructor approval
Core Academic Skills for Educators Test Requirement Required for students with less than 2.7 Undergraduate GPA Core Academic Skills for Educators: Reading (5712)—Score 156 Core Academic Skills for Educators: Writing (5722)—Score 162 Core Academic Skills for Educators: Mathematics (5732)—Score 150 or a Composite Score of 468 PRAXIS II and edTPA Requirement PRAXIS II Test: 5857 Health and Physical Education: Content Knowledge—Score 160 and passing edTPA score of 38 or higher. Total Credit Hours: 62 Licensure in Music Education (K-12)
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course is designed to give students the knowledge and understanding necessary to prepare for the ACE Personal Trainer Certification Exam and become effective personal trainers. This course presents a client- centered approach to personal training that features the ACE Integrated Fitness Training® (ACE IFT®) Model as a comprehensive system for designing individualized programs based on each client's unique health, fitness, and performance goals and the ACE Mover Method™ philosophy for empowering clients to make behavioral changes to improve their health, fitness, and overall quality of life.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the physiological effects of exercise on the various body systems, with emphasis on the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and respiratory systems, and on laboratory techniques for monitoring physiological parameters.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A practical study of the principles and applications basic to the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of athletic injuries.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A practical study of problems specifically related to coaching, such as recruiting, acquiring a thorough grounding in game rules and playing techniques, organizing practices, and side-line coaching.
PEDU 483Supervision of Health and Physical Education3
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An analysis of current supervisory practices relative to physical education programs in city, county, and state school systems, with emphasis on program planning, fiscal management, and laws pertaining to the conduct of health and physical education programs.
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Introduction to Adapted Physical Education and Sport: Focuses on content knowledge foundational to adapted physical education, activity, and sport programs in self-contained and/or itinerant settings for children with moderate to severe disabilities. Students will gain and skills necessary to carry out an assessment, programming, and evaluation for individuals who are differently abled. Students will implement strategies to adapt and modify motor skills and physical activities to meet the unique individuals' needs of a person. In addition, instruction, equipment, and game modifications are introduced to promote inclusion in a physical education, physical activity, recreation and/or sport setting. Cross-level listed with PEDU 431 for Health and Physical Education MAT students.